tag #web

Three federated social media protocols are vying for users. They are ActivityPub (Mastodon), ATproto (Bluesky) and Nostr.
Nostr is the simplest with best data ownership story, ATproto is most sophisticated and scalable, while ActivityPub is most mature, but also most complex.
I explore and think about their approaches, features and limitations from the point of view of an individual user considering sharing one’s own content.
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I returned back to Internet’s roots, to a personal web server.
Back to the basics from the world of centralized, controlled and censored platforms.
Decision
Instead of running Mastodon, or any of alternative ActivityPub servers, I elected to stand up (again) my own personal web site. Requirements are: control, simplicity and ability to integrate with ActivityPub and other future open protocols.
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